The Montgomery Group Series

Welcome to The Montgomery Group Series! Weekly webinars with Q&As from leading industry figureheads to support the communities we serve. These free-to-attend, online networks have been created with you in mind to keep you connected to your industry, motivated and supported.

One of the leading food-to-go packaging manufacturers, Rapid Action Packaging (RAP) has already begun operations by producing one million face shields, of which the first 65,000 have been earmarked for free distribution to care homes across the UK and Éire.

Proseal are going above and beyond to ensure that its existing industry-leading turnaround times are being maintained and to provide immediate help to customers to ensure its machinery can run at peak optimum performance.

Covid-19 has brought packaging company Smurfit Kappa and Foodservice wholesaler Bidfood together to send food packages to 1.5 million vulnerable people during the pandemic. Smurfit has provided Bidfood with the packaging needed to send the care parcels, with a swift three day turnaround from enquiry to dispatch into nine Bidfood depots.

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Advanced Food Technologies (AFT) is enabling chilled and frozen food manufacturers to convert product to ambient by creating innovative hot fill retort pouches. This switch will help to supply the NHS & home care sectors with additional food options where demand has increased due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Thermoformed packaging designer and manufacturer Macpac is producing PPE visors for critical care workers on a non-for-profit basis. Available immediately, the lightweight thermoformed visors are made from 100% recyclable material and designed to sit away from the face to allow healthcare workers to comfortably wear wear glasses, protective googles and facemasks. The hygiene design of the visors also means they can be wiped clean and re-used.